lcionline Chapter 317
Chapter 317
Xiao Yinxiu also realized that he had overreacted, and quickly apologized in a low voice and expressed his confusion. Fortunately, Pei Jian did not care and did not scold him. Instead, he explained the situation.
Upon hearing this, Pei Chen stepped forward and bowed, "Dad, I also have a few good friends..."
"Who are those people like you? Do they know what mathematics is? If you are here to watch the fun, look at your fourth brother's wife and Cang Ge'er. Who looks more lively?"
After a few harsh words, Pei Chen dared not say a word.
Xiao Yinxiu looked at her husband who was cowardly and shameless, and she became even more angry. She responded in a low voice. After leaving with Pei Chen, she became more and more annoyed. At the corner, she saw the maid in front of her on both sides, so she raised her hand and hit Pei Chen.
"I am the wife of the prince and the housekeeper of the mansion. Why do I have to deal with their minor quarrels?"
Pei Chen was stunned, looking at the crazy Xiao Yinxiu in confusion, "What do you mean by come and greet me? Father just wants you to know that you are the mistress, and you don't care if outsiders enter the house?"
"What do I care about? Do I have time to spare every day? I have to take care of all the trivial matters. If I get sick or die in the future, will this mansion be paralyzed and useless?"
"Ignorant stupid woman!"
Pei Chen raised his hand, wanting to hit her, but thinking about the quarrels in the past few days, he was already fed up. He pointed at Xiao Yinxiu and said, "Father has favored you and let you take charge of the household affairs. If you don't want to, I beg father to let someone capable take charge!"
"A capable person? Who do you say is capable? Is it your fourth brother's wife or not?"
The two were about to quarrel violently. Shuangyue ignored everything else and called the little maid. She held her wife's waist, and the little maid supported her on the side, and forcibly dragged Xiao Yinxiu back to the main room.
"Damn girl, who told you to do this to me?"
Shuang Yue fell to her knees with a thud, "Madam, you can't do this!"
Aunt Chu stepped forward and wanted to ask for the reason, but the little girl had already pulled her aside and told her everything. When Aunt Chu heard it, she stamped her feet, came forward, and knelt beside Shuangyue, "Madam! My ancestor, how can you say these things in front of the prince..."
Xiao Yinxiu sat on the Hu bed, rubbing her handkerchief and wiping her tears. "There are so many things going on in the whole mansion, but it seems that no one can see them. Everyone is always circling around Song. What kind of vixen is she——"
"Well!"
Aunt Chu stepped forward, covered Xiao Yinxiu's mouth, and said word by word, "Madam, have you forgotten what happened to the old lady?"
what?
Xiao Yinxiu stopped struggling immediately and looked at Aunt Chu with tears in her eyes. Shuangyue also knelt down to her, hugged her legs, raised her tearful face, and cried softly: "Madam, it's a good thing to be in charge of the household. You complained about these things in front of the prince, aren't you just shooting yourself in the foot?"
"...Have I ever said anything wrong?"
Shuang Yue shook her head, "Madam, you and the prince don't get along well. The order from the Lord is not a big deal. You can just send the servants to tell Uncle Hai and it will be over. Why do you still have to say these words? The Fourth Young Master's wife is a popular person now. Even the uncle and his wife like her very much. Why do you have to look for her?"
Xiao Yinxiu's shoulders slumped, and he looked distraught.
"Yes, my mother treats me worse and worse, but treats her like her own daughter. I'm afraid half of the valuable gifts brought by the Xiao family will go into the Song family's Shaohua Garden."
She laughed bitterly, "...What this prince's wife did was really boring!"
Aunt Chu looked at Xiao Yinxiu with heartache, and tried to comfort her, "The Fourth Young Master's wife is destined to be an extraordinary person. She is very lucky and strong. She saved the Fifth Young Master and won the favor of the wife of the uncle. My wife, even if you don't like her, you must not confront her openly. If the Young Master is cruel and really takes away your mistress's power to manage the household, that would be unacceptable."
Xiao Yinxiu turned his face away and snorted, "Whoever wants this hard job can take it!"
"No, sir!"
Shuang Yue looked up, feeling somewhat disappointed, "Madam, if you really lost all these, you wouldn't have such a good life in the future. Others don't care, but look at Aunt Li. She has the Second Young Lady by her side, but her life is still so miserable!"
"Asshole, I'm the wife of the prince, not a concubine like that!"
She raised her hand and hit Shuangyue, but it didn't hit her face, but her shoulder. Shuangyue kowtowed twice, "Madam, when you have no power and no influence, who cares about these identities and statuses?"
"I have Ling Ge'er and Huan Ge'er in front of me!"
She is not Aunt Li, no!
Frost Moon knelt on her calves in disappointment, sobbing, "Madam, I have overstepped my bounds today and said something I shouldn't have said. Where is the old lady? Did her son rescue her from the small Buddhist temple?"
aunt……
Shuangyue wiped away her tears, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, the two families are together happily, but where is the small Buddhist temple? Madam, you are not allowed to get close. The two uncles never mentioned it at all, but she is their own sister——"
Xiao Yinxiu was lost in thought, and murmured, "Shuangyue, what do you want to say? Just say it all..."
Shuang Yue took a deep breath and whispered, "Madam, you can't compete with the Fourth Young Master's wife anymore. There are some things that she can't win over you, so you don't have to compete with her. I think there is no other female master in this mansion who is more powerful than you. Why bother yourself?"
Aunt Chu also said, "In a year or two, the Fourth Young Master will be given an official position outside the capital. When he leaves, you can let Song go with him. From then on, you won't have to worry about him anymore, right?"
The two of them talked back and forth, making Xiao Yinxiu even more uncomfortable.
"That bastard Pei Chen, when it comes to the fourth family's math competition, he shouts louder than anyone else! Tell me, why would she compete with Cang'er instead of being a good girl? Cang'er is only capable of making a living, and she, a stupid woman, dares to compete—"
The two men let her curse in the house for a long time before serving her and letting her rest.
Outside, Pei Yulin brought his brother back to the house quietly. Pei Yulin was small but very smart. He looked up and asked his brother, "Why doesn't mother like Fourth Aunt?"
Pei Yulin was older and knew that adults always beat around the bush. He couldn't explain it clearly and could only sigh, "Maybe he was too full and had nothing to do!"
Whoops!
The nurses and maids didn't dare to say anything else, they just coaxed them to go to bed. Pei Yuhuan shook his head, "I will sleep with my brother tonight."
The two brothers had always been close, and the wet nurses did not stop them. They took Huan Ge'er's small pillow and carried it to Pei Yulin's room next door.
The two brothers talked a lot while hiding in bed.
"Dad said that women with long hair are always ignorant. I guess mother is the same. Let's ignore it and just be filial."
Huan Ge'er nodded, and after a moment he said, "Fourth Aunt has never said anything bad about others."
This was not the first time that the two brothers had heard their mother insult Fourth Aunt behind her back...